Issued:

2012-02-24

Updated:

2012-02-24

RHBA-2012:0337 - nss and nspr bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

nss and nspr bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated nss and nspr packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security enabled client and server applications.

Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides platform independence for non-GUI operating system facilities.

The nss-util package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.13, which provides a number of enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#788670)

The nss packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.13, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#788673, BZ#788964, BZ#788672)

The nspr package has been upgraded to upstream version 4.8.9, which provides a number of enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#788674)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• A lack of robustness flaw caused crashes in the administration server for Red Hat Directory Server because the mod_nss module made nss calls before initializing nss per documented API. With this update, nss protects itself against being called before it as been properly initialized by the caller. (BZ#789043)

• Previously, due to a bug in the FreeBL library, Openswan could generate a Key Exchange payload that was one byte shorter than what was required by the Diffie Hellman (DH) protocol. As a consequence, Openswan dropped connections during such payloads. With this update, the size of the payload is set to zero by default, and the Softoken module is queried for the size. Connections are no longer dropped by Openswan in the described scenario. (BZ#786436)

All users of nss and nspr are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-3.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-3.el5_8.src.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-3.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-3.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.1-6.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-3.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-6.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.i386.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.1-3.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-3.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-6.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-6.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el5_8.i386.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-6.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-3.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-3.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-3.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.1-3.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-6.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-3.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.1-6.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.1-6.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-6.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-3.el5_8.s390.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-6.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-3.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.1-3.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.1-3.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-1.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-1.el5_8.s390.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-3.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.s390.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-3.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-3.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.1-3.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-1.el5_8.src.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.1-3.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.1-3.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.1-3.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.1-6.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.s390.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-6.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el5_8.s390.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-3.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-1.el5_8.s390.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.1-3.el6_2.src.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-3.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-1.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-6.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-3.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-6.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.1-3.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-6.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-6.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-6.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.1-3.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-1.el5_8.s390.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-3.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.1-3.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-3.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.1-3.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-3.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.8.9-3.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-6.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.1-3.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-3.el5_8.i386.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-3.el5_8.i386.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-6.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nspr-4.8.9-3.el6_2.src.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-3.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-3.el5_8.i386.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-6.el6_2.src.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-3.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.8.9-3.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-6.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-6.el6_2.i686.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 788670
• This content is not included.BZ - 788672
• This content is not included.BZ - 788964
• This content is not included.BZ - 789043

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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